A beginner's guide to constructing the universe
Schneider, Michael S., 1951-
A beginner's guide to constructing the universe : the mathematical archetypes of nature, art, and science / Michael S. Schneider. - 1st HarperPerennial ed. - New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. - xxxii, 351 pages ; illustrated ; 25 cm.
'...leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and teh human body, expressed in the symbolic language of folk sayings and fairy tales, myth and religion, art and architecture. This is a new view of mathematics...a comprehensive guide to the patterns that recur through the universe and underlie human affairs.'
Paperback
0060926716
Mathematics--Philosophy
Symbolism of numbers
Archetype (Psychology)
A beginner's guide to constructing the universe : the mathematical archetypes of nature, art, and science / Michael S. Schneider. - 1st HarperPerennial ed. - New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. - xxxii, 351 pages ; illustrated ; 25 cm.
'...leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and teh human body, expressed in the symbolic language of folk sayings and fairy tales, myth and religion, art and architecture. This is a new view of mathematics...a comprehensive guide to the patterns that recur through the universe and underlie human affairs.'
Paperback
0060926716
Mathematics--Philosophy
Symbolism of numbers
Archetype (Psychology)